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Cold Water Swimming and Cold Water Bathing Health Benefits
Cold Water Swimming Can Improve Health and Vigor Cold water swimming can be very beneficial to long term optimum health. Routine swimming in cold water can (i) boost metabolism, (ii) improve blood circulation,(iii) help build and maintain a strong immune system, (iv)...
Open Water Swim Sighting – Technique, Drills and Tips to Swim Straight
“It is only with the heart one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye” The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery Your nemeses . . . . the sun, the waves, buoys too far apart or dropped by the pack; what should you do? Trust your pool...
Wetsuit Swimming Technique – Going full throttle in a full wetsuit
“You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails” Swimming in a long sleeve wetsuit is better than it used to be. The material is lighter and more flexible yet it is still restrictive and confining. How do you adapt your stroke to the constriction? Use the...
How to Maintain your Poise and Composure during a Swim Race
When open water gets rough . . . and it is not the water! “Ain’t that a kick in the head?” How to maintain your poise and composure when you have just been: Ziplined - pulled under and back by the ankle High fived to the face Clipped - every stroke you are...
Gaining rhythm and length through an air gallop for open water swimming
"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!”Dr. Seuss One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Swimming is not golf, there are no extra points for the least amount of strokes taken. It is not diving, there are no extra points for pretty....
Swim Stroke Technique – 41 Degrees of Power
"With power comes great responsibility”Attributed to Voltaire and also said by Uncle Ben in Spiderman. The swim stroke is broken into three phases: The catch phase - which can be a speerfish, over the barrell, or a classic reach and set pool catch. The power...
Cold Water Distance Swimming – How to Acclimate to Cold Water
What is Cold Water Distance Swimming? If I had a buck for every time I have been asked WHY anyone would want to spend time in ‘cold water’, I would be a rich man. Cold open water distance swimming is not a sport for everybody. It is roughly defined to take place in...
Staying in the Game: Focus, Change and not staying the same!
"Everything changes and nothing stands still” Heraclitus, Greek Philosopher What swimmers can learn from golf Cross knowledge is as important to achieve excellence in athletic performance as cross training. The above photo was given to me by my golf teacher, Joe...